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The paper boats sail
upon the stream.
Curious like vagabonds
questing for dreams.

On they float
through bends & turns,
Over silt mountains
& valleys of fern.

Glide with butterflies,
Caper past toads.
Not a clue where
leads the watery road.

Caressing the earth,
Savoring the rain,
Drawn into the rapids,
Broken free again.

The tempest, the calm,
All the vistas unknown.
Horizons they cross.
To beyond, they've flown!

A paper boat I hold
Only one to spare
Place it in the water
A small white corsair.

She kneels beside me,
on a bed of grass.
Points at the boat
& throws me a glance.

Smiling, she asks,
"Leaving? Where to?"
"Let's find out", I say
"My boat is for two."
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 Apr 2016 Edwin Vega
Joel M Frye
It is a night where I must craft my words
or try to weave lines on a broken loom.
To think a poem will spring forth is absurd.

Stillborn inspiration can't be stirred,
emotions drained away. I must assume
it is a night where I must craft my words.

My prayers to Muse fell back to earth, unheard.
All artistry has booked a separate room.
To think a poem will spring forth is absurd.

Striving merely churns my brain to curds,
its thin gray whey runs down some gutter's flume.
It is a night where I must craft my words.

A cadenced resolution's been deferred,
the last two lines will surely be my doom.
To think a poem will spring forth is absurd.

A peaceful flow of writing is deterred
until my buried spirit is exhumed.
It is a night where I must craft my words,
to think a poem will spring forth is absurd.
Ever had a time when you wanted to write in the worst possible way...and then did?
 Apr 2016 Edwin Vega
Mark Tilford
You have been given is you
There is beauty in you
Can you see it
Do you believe it
Do you know it
There are no dues for it
Nothing you have to do for it
Believe, it is true
I hope you knew it
If not, now you know it
So it is time for you to  love you
And to you
You need to be true
If you believe it, there is nothing
you cannot get through
And nothing you cannot do
or pursue


The greatest gift given to you
is you
!!
 Apr 2016 Edwin Vega
Alyssa Paul
This poem I write to you
about the things I have done

With every breath
and every word
I hope to bring life, to you and me.
You are my sun, my joy, my light in the dark.
Please forgive me for all I have done.

The things that I do, I do for you,
becauseĀ in the moment I find them to be true.
When I make you laugh,
When I make you cry,
When I made you mad,
When I make you happy.

I write this for you
so you can see
that you mean everything to me.
My knees weaken when I see you

half smiling lips and wine soaked breath

I am still faithful

a shadow, shadow that walks

without body

without a solid shape

I turned to God once, ideally,
my mouth forming prayers I'd saved

for you

muttering malice into the nothingness

etching memories the way they etch gravestones

a black crayon and blank paper,
pressing hard and hoping

that the colours will somehow
bloom into meaning

Godless, knees shaking

a single handshake and I am
crucified
 Apr 2016 Edwin Vega
Nehad Zein
I feel an emptiness,
Somewhere deep inside me.
The hole you fill,
Is open now.
I miss you,
I yearn for you.
Where are you?
I wish I knew.
I'm dying here.....
I want you,
I need you,
I crave you,
Where are you?
I keep asking myself;
Where are you?
I need to talk to you,
Or suffer a sleepless night.
My mind is nothing but you.
My everything.
I miss you.

— The End —